Automatic cooking apparatus.



R. M. G. PHlLLlPS.

AUTOMATIC COOKING APPARATUS.

APPLlCATlOH mu) 0on9. 1914 1,161,523. Patented Nov. 23', 1915.

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R. M. G. PHILLIPS.

AUTOMATIC COOKING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-9.1914. T

Patented Nov. 25, 1915.

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die 25. The said 18m 24 is the at 9, rightright angle t'o'form en operating-arm 28 which extends under thercmss-ber 22 of the yoke carrying the closure '18. The extreme rear end of the said arm 28 is pivoted to the lower end of a vertically arranged opersting-rod 29- located centrally back of the oven and connected ,at its upper end with a short crank-arm 30 fastened-to the outer end of a horizontal rock-shaft 31 journaled at its ends in a collar 32 projecting rearwardly from the hack of the oven. near the top thereof for the application of apipe (not shown) for carrying oil the waste products of combustlon and the odors-of cooking. The said collar is setjnto a cast damper-frame. or

housing 33 which in turn is set into the broken away upper rear corner of the oven.

2 over a casting 34 containing an egress draft-passage 35 which 15 opened and closed by a closure ordamper 86 located within the housing 33 and provided upon its upper face with a bail 37 engaged fonopereting the damper by an arm 38 extending inwardly from the rockshaft 31 aforesaid. So far as the provision of my improved oven. with an The said long slot 46 egress draft-passage ands closure therefor ,is concerned, these details may be widely varied without departing from my inven tion which only requires that the said damper or closure 36 shall be automatically operated in conjunction with the closure 18 of the three part ingress draft-passage 12.-

A helical spring'39 havin its upper end connected with a bracket 4 upon the back of the oven, and its lower end connected with an adjustable collar 41 mounted upon the rod 29, exerts a constant effort to lift the said rod andto operate. the closure 18 and the damper 36 in closing the ingress and egress draft-passages respectively.

Gas is supplied to the mixing-chamber 20 through a gas-supply pipe 42 con aininga gas-cook 43 of any approved construction and haying an arm 44 furnished with a pin 45 entering a slot e6 in-the lower end of a link 47 the upper end of which is pivoted to the operating-lever 24 as shown in Fig. 2.- revents the cook 43 from being automation 1y opened when the hand-lever 24 is raised for opening the in gross and egress draft-passages 12 and 34: already described. This is a desirable precaution since otherwise the user of the cools ing apparatus might raise'th'e lever 34 and forget to light the gas which might then flood the oven 2 with gas and contaminate the food, and perhaps lend to explosions of gas and air. 1 For the manual turning on of the gas the cookie provided with a key 48.

draft passage 12 and shutting off the supply of gas at a predetermined time, I employ a timing-apparatus which, as herein shown, is located within a case 49 supported upon a hracket-base 50 projecting from the right hand side of the oven 2. In its details this timing-mechanism may assume a great voriety of forms) As shown, it is of the type disclosed in my pending application Seriah I No. 782,445, filed August 1, 1913. As far as shown herein, this-apparatus hasa settinglever 51 furnishedat; its lower end with a handle 52 andprovidccl at its upper end with an indicator 53'sweeping' over agredw ated dial 5e placed upon the outside of thecuse, 490- The said lever 51 is mounted upon the projecting outer. end of an arbor 55 mounting a timing-disk 56 located within the case 49 and having a radial slot 5-7 receiving a timing-pin in a lever 59 also located within the said case, hung upon a pin 60 and provided at its lower end with alianclle 61 projecting through a segmental slot 62 in the front of the case. Thesaid lever 59 is connected by a link 63 with the arm 64 of a latch hung upon a pin 66, the lower end-of the latch pro ecting downwardly through the bottom of the case 49' in position to be hooked under. the hand lever 34 which it thus maintains nits, ele

rated position against the tension of the spring 39. A spring 67 attached. to the lever 59 is provided for smartly lifting the some as soon as the reverse rotation of the timingdislc 56 has registered the slot 57'- thereof with the timingpin 58 and thus released the lever 59 to the action of the spring 67 which lifts the lever 59 audits link 63 and so operates the latch 65 which is furnished with a forestalling finger-piece 68 to permit it to he manually operatedin advance of its automatic operation by the timing mechanism. A slot 69 in the lower end of the link 63 ermits this forestalling function of the late: 68. a

@111 the operation of my improved appareltus, the timing mechanism is first setby means of the setting-lever 51. The handlever 2% is then manually lifted by its knob 25against the tension of the spring'3-9 until lifting of the lever iZ-l ZlSAlESCllllLKl. lifts the damper 36 clear of the egress-draft passage 35 and permits the closure 18 to drop by gravity away from the closure seat so as to v i '125 open lllu three-part ingress draft-passage 1;. The gas is now manually turned on by flu he) -lml the guswm'k lll and the burner ll lighted. Prior to this time. the food has pl'UHlHlHl lY lu-vn placed within the oven 2 through its door 4. When the gasislight a ist,

closure open subject to the releasing action of the automatic releasing means.

8. In a, cooking apparatus, the combination with a cooking compartment having an ingress dreft-passage of a heater. located 1i) below the said passage, a vertically movable closure interposed between the-said heater and passage for closing the letter, cocking means for maintaining the said closure in its open position,

the said closure to close the said oass'a e automatic means for re- 15 leasing the said cocking means to permit means for menua'lly opening the said (:10 sure and 'settmg the said cocking means to mamtam'the. closure in its open position subjectto the releasing action of the said illl-- tomatic'releasing means, and 'a fuel-valve automatically controlled in being closed to accord with, the closing of the said' closure and adapted to be manually opened'after the setting of the said cocking means.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ROSS M. G. PHILLIPS. Witnesses:

- C. L. lVEED,

FREDERIC C. EARLE. 

